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 9:6, 16:10.—Like the  , forms occur in  like  ; cf. , and so in Hithpoʿēl,, ; with ē only in .—In the Aramaic manner an  occurs in  (cf. the  inf.  in ).

2. As instances of the  (connected with ) a few reflexive forms of the verb  (to examine) are also probably to be reckoned. Instead of a in a sharpened syllable after the first radical, these take  in an open syllable, e.g. ,   ,. The corresponding passive form also occurs four times,, , ,. According to others, these forms are rather reflexives of, in the sense of to present oneself for review, to be reviewed, like the Aramaic ʾIthpeʿēl (Western Aramaic , Syr. ) and the Ethiopic taqatela, Arab. ʾiqtatala, the last with the t always placed after the first radical (cf. above, b); but they are more correctly explained, with König, as forms, the doubling of the  being abnormally omitted.—Such a reflexive of, with the  transposed, occurs in  (on the analogy of O.T. Hebrew to be pronounced ) in the inscription of the Moabite king Mêšaʿ, with the meaning of the O.T.  : see the inscription, lines 11, 15, 19, and 32; in the first two places in the  with  ; in line 19 in the  with suffix,.

Of the less common conjugations some may be classed with, others with. To the former belong those which arise from the lengthening of the vowel or the repetition of one or even two radicals, in fact, from an internal modification or development of the stem; to the latter belong those which are formed by prefixing a consonant, like the of. Amongst the conjugations analogous to are included the  forms distinguished by their vowels, as well as the reflexives with the prefix, on the analogy of.

The following conjugations are related to, as regards their inflexion and partly in their meaning:

1., passive Pôʿal , reflexive Hithpôʿēl , corresponding to the Arabic conj. iii. qâtălă, pass. qûtĭlă, and conj. vi. reflexive tăqâtălă;,  ,   &c. Hence it appears that in Hebrew the ô of the first syllable is in all the forms obscured from â, while the passive form is distinguished simply by the a-sound in the second syllable. In the strong verb these conjugations are rather rare. Examples:, ;  (denominative from ) slandering (as if intent on injuring with the tongue)   (The Qeré requires  melŏšnî as  ); ,  (if not rather ); ,  (unless  should be read);  ; , passive